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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE@ JOHN H. DURAND, OF KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND JAMES G. HARRISON, OF SAME PLACE.

FOLDING BEDSTEAD.

Spccilcation forming part of Letters Patent No. 50,300, dated October 3, 1865.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. DURAND, ot' Kalamazoo, in the county ot' Kalamazoo and State of Michigan, have invented a new and usefulImprovementinFoldingBedsteads; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the saine, reference being had to the accolnpanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a side elevation ofthe bedstead when folded. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal view, partly in section, showing the bedstead when extended for use, the section being taken in the plane of the line x x, Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a plan or top view ofthe same.

My invention consists in constructing afolding bedstead by arranging a system ot' levers, commonly called lazy-tongs, underneath the bed-trame, which latteris made in three parts, two ot' which, as well as the lazy-tongs, are hinged to a central. support in such a manner that when the foot and head of the bedstead arc shoved together the two end parts of the frame will be thrown upward, carrying with them the bed and bed-clothes, as will be l1ere inat'ter described.

To enable others to understand myinvention, I will proceed to describe it.

A A' represent the head and foot posts, respectively, ot' a bedstead, and B O D the frame in or on which the bedis placed. The central part, C, of the frame is secured to a cross-piece supported by a central post, E, and two legs, E E', -which rest upon the oor. The foot part D is pivoted or hinged to the central part, C, in such manner as will permit it to be thrown upward whenever it is desired to fold the bedstead. The head part B is in like manner pivoted or hinged to the central part, O, of the bed-frame, and operates in the same manner.

To the head and foot posts of the bedstead there are attached the ends of two pairs of arms, a a', the other end of each pair being pivoted respectively to the parts B and D of the bedframe. (SeemoreespeciallyFig.) Thesearms serve to throw upward the said parts B andD when the two ends 0f the bedstead are pushed toward each other.

G represents asystem of levers called lazytongs. There are two sets of these, the end of one set being connected to a standard, F, at the head ofthe bedstead, extending down toward the iloor and to the central post, E, and the other being also connected to the central post, E, and to a standard, F', at the foot of the bedstead.

A rack, H, is pivoted to the standard F at the head ot' the bedstead, on the teeth of which can rest the head part B of the bedstead-frame, as shown in Fig. 2, so as to give the same any desired inclination, which is very desirable for invalids.

This b'edstead will be found a most convenient article. lt possesses the capacity' of being folded up so as to occupy but little room without removing the bedding or bed-clothes, and when required for use it can be extended, and the bedding will fall down without any displacement thereof. It also has provision for elevating the head part of the frame to any desired degree of inclination, which is very valuable in case of sickness.

I am aware that folding bedsteads have been constructed in various ways, and I am also aware that lazy-tongs have been employed for the saine purpose for which I use them 5 but I know ot' no bedstead which, as a whole, is constructed and arranged as above described.

What I claim as my invention, aud desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The lazy-tongs G G, when connected to the head and foot ofthe bedstead and to acentral post, E, substantially as and for the purpose 

